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| [Illiad] INTRUDER PROJECT UPDATE | Date:Sun Apr 15 23:31:07 2001 |
In case some of you haven't been keeping an eye on the intruder-general mailing list, there's now a sign-up form for those who'd like to participate in the Intruder game development project, which is open to everyone in the UF community. If you don't know what it is, but you love the idea of creating a community-based open source, realistic space combat game (not a simulation!), I urge you to head to the Intruder site and have a look at what's transpiring. If nothing else, you may learn something just by participating!
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| [Kickstart] AN EASTER SURPRISE!! | Date:Sat Apr 14 11:35:13 2001 |
| A great programmers fun-thing-to-do is create an 'easteregg' inside a program where a user will do a special combination of undocumented commands and something cool will happen! We've done much the same for you! There is an Easter Egg (in both senses) on the site which you can reach if you hit two pages in the correct order. Click on the egg for a gift from Illiad and the rest of the UF staff! Special thanks go to Sanity and Grovella for their work on this! UPDATE: There are a couple hints in the comments for this article, and a whole whack of people are exclaiming that they've found it! Come take a look!
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| [Illiad] ARS MATHEMATICA - A PROBLEM IN PROBABILITY | Date:Wed Apr 11 20:16:50 2001 |
Here's yet another challenge, this one geared toward the mathematically inclined. In any given case you roll x six-sided dice, and the sum calculated is based on either the highest or lowest y dice. y is always equal to or less than x, but both y and x can change case-by-case. Example: you roll five dice, but only total the highest two. Given the above, what's the equation that describes the probability of any given number being rolled? Obviously if y is 2 (for example), the highest that could be rolled is 12, and the lowest is 2. Intuitively, the higher x is, the higher the odds are that you'll arrive at a higher sum. I'm looking for the relationship so that plugging in numbers for x and y will generate a probability spread for any given number within the set that y allows for. Phew! It's been a while since I took inferential stats. Anyway, please post your suggested solutions in the comments here so that we can all share in your knowledge!
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| [Illiad] NOT WHAT IT THEMES | Date:Wed Apr 11 10:01:56 2001 |
Sean Y. sent in this collection of Windows icons and cursors based on the cartoon characters. This isn't a full-blown Wintheme (anyone? Bueller?) but it's a step in the right direction. Our thanks to Sean! Anyone up to the challenge of an all-out theme for the various platforms, audio included?
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| [Illiad] TYING KNOTS THE SOCIAL WAY | Date:Mon Apr 9 15:51:23 2001 |
It doth appear that the wedding in Seattle for Squiz and Sillz took off without a hitch. Photos and descriptions will be up shortly! On a related note, the marriage between UFies Thyla and Rit has just passed its one-year mark! Congrats guys, and here's to another fifty years! Hm. Now where did I put those notes on a wedding section for the site...
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